Beautiful verbena — undemanding plant for your garden Bashny.Net

Verbena – not very fussy herbaceous perennial. His moving silhouettes proudly adorn the flower beds even novice gardeners. Flowering period the plants are quite long — if it fails to snap off the withered buds of verbena will retain its beauty almost until frost. In the middle zone and colder regions vervain is grown generally as annual.





 

This is due to the low level of hardiness — a plant normally overwinter outdoors only in the South. Almost all varieties are easy to grow from seed.

Planting marigolds

The choice of location for planting. Verbena will root in any corner of the garden — with their help, for example, you can decorate the area, abandoned after the early spring flowering plants. But the most beautiful shrubs grow still in well-lit areas. Moreover, the leaves and buds long do not fade even under direct sunlight.
 

However, perfect verbena, and for growing in hanging planters and pots — because its root system is fairly compact.





As the soil is fit and fertile loam. However, this requirement is unprincipled. The main thing – good permeability of the soil and loose structure. And to achieve such conditions it is possible even in heavy soil — for this we need just to mix the soil with sand.

It bears and drainage layer of broken bricks, fragments of stones, clay pebbles or gravel. It is guaranteed that he will protect the root system of the vervain from the damaging effects of excess moisture. Water, freely penetrating through the drainage layer will not stagnate.


 

Growing marigolds from seed

Verbena seeds need no pre-sowing preparation. But in growing verbena this method still has its own nuances.

Planted seedlings in the open ground, if heat stable. If there is a risk of return of frost, it is better to wait a little. Verbena quietly tolerate cold to -3 °C. But more severe conditions will instantly kill the plant. If you want to get the vervain out early, it is possible to plant seedlings at home or in the greenhouse.

 

Not to bury the seeds in soil mix. They should just be distributed evenly over the surface of the soil. At a temperature of about 25 degrees the seeds "hatch" after a couple of days. Immediately after this, the tank should be moved to a cool room, verbena does not like excessive heat. Water them it is necessary very cautiously: for the young sprouts of verbena excess moisture is detrimental. The first shoots appear rather quickly – within a week. And after 10-15 days in the tank will turn green slim ranks of the young shoots.

Reproduction verbena cuttings

To use this method, you will have to take care of planting material in the autumn. Before frost verbena bushes are dug and along with the bulky lump of earth transferred to a cool room – balcony, cellar, economic extension. The temperature should not exceed 10 °C.


The cuttings are usually carried out in early spring. But if you plan to decorate the stems of the verbena house window or a warm greenhouse, it is possible to make it in different time of year. Perfect cuttings carefully cut off the tops of the shoots. Each of them should be from 4 to 6 pairs of leaves. The cut should be treated with powdered charcoal. All the lower leaves removed, leaving only a few at the very top.

Rooting cuttings is best in a mixture of sand and peat. Bury not much to the level where the lower pair of cropped leaves. On top of the container of cuttings can be covered with a film. This technique will help to maintain optimal humidity level. After 3-4 weeks on each stalk will form a strong root system. published




 

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